My calendar for the upcoming months is already filling up with conferences, trade fairs and other events at which I'll speak about MySQL. Here's a quick overview:
- This coming Thursday at 15:00 CET, I'll be speaking about "Backing up MySQL using file system snapshots" at the MySQL University. The session will be hosted live using DimDim, which is a great online conferencing and presentation system (Flash required). Attendance is free, so come and join me if you want to learn more about this backup technique!
- On Friday, 6th of March at 15:15 I'll give a presentation about "MySQL Backup and Security" in the CeBit Open Source Forum in Hannover, Germany. By the way, Sun will have a large presence themed "Open Source for Open Minds" in Hall 6, Booth E36. There'll be a MySQL info pod as well, which I will help manning from Friday until Sunday, 8th. So make sure to stop by and say hello!
- On March 23-24, there'll be a PHP/MySQL Conference in Warsaw, Poland, organized by IDG. I submitted three talks about various MySQL topics, currently I am still waiting for the confirmation which of these they selected.
- On April 20-23, there is of course the MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, to which I am very much looking forward to. I'm helping to organize the DotOrg Pavilion in the exhibition hall and will likely give a BoF about a project I'm currently involved in.
- In May 4-5 there is the AMOOCON in Rostock, Germany, which is a conference about Open Source VoIP and communication. I'll talk about "MySQL High Availability Solutions" and "Backup & Security Best Practices" (in German). My colleague Geert will be there as well, giving an in-depth talk about MySQL Cluster.
There is a number of additional events in the pipeline, I'll blog about these once my session proposals have been accepted.